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4 STOCK GAR. No. 250,081. Patented Nov. 22,1881.

NiT E STATES PATENT Gretna.

LEE YANGEY, OF CINCINNATI, OHIO, ASSIGNOR OF ONEHALF TO J. H. RHODES, OF SAME PLACE.

STOCK-CAR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 250,031, dated. November 22, 1881.

Application filed August 18, 1881. (N0 model.)

To all whom it may concern Be it known that 1, LEE YANCEY, a citizen of the United, States, residing at Cincinnati, Hamilton county, ()hio, have invented new and useful Improvements in Stock-Oars, of which the following is: a specification.

My invention relates to railway-oars used in transporting live stock, its object being to facilitate the loading and care of animals in transit, and to enable the car to be also conveniently used for transportation of ordinary merchandise at other times.

To this end my invention consists in providing the car with folding partitions of novel construction, which divide the car into stalls, whereby the overcrowding and consequent injury of. stock is prevented, which stalls may, when out of use, be folded up against the sides ot'the car, leaving the interior free for the st orage of merchandise.

The invention embraces other features, which will be fully hereinafterdescribed in detail, and specifically pointed out in the claims.

Referring, in aid of the description, 10 the drawings illustrating and forming part of this specification, Figure 1 is aside elevation of a car embodying my invention, with the partitions folded. Fig. 2 is a plan section taken just beneath the roof or deck; Fig. 3, an enlarged cross-section, showing one of the partitions extended; Fig. 4, a cross-section of my improved floor; and Fig. 5 is a transverse sectional view, on an enlarged scale, through the feed-receptacle, taken on the line m w of Fig. 1.

In the figures of the drawings, A designates the floor of the car, 13 the roof, and O the uprights supporting the roof from the floor, the fram e-work of the sides being substantially of the usualconstruction, an d the uprights placed apart about the proper distance for the width of the stalls.

The partitions I, hereinafter described, are preferably attached to and hinged upon alternate uprights (won both sides; but in fitting up a car already constructed independent uprights may be inserted for the hinge-posts of the partitions and arranged either wholly on one sideor alternating on opposite sides, as may be preferred.

Referring particularly to Fig. 3 for the construction of the partitions, the hinge-post G (which may, as already explained, form one of the upright supports of the root) is of square section for the lower part of its length and circular for the upperpart. The partition consists. in the main, of three members, two of which, a b, are pivoted at 0 and operate on the lazy-tongs principle to support a third member, d, which latter forms the main bar across the car when the stalls are in use.

The manner of hinging the partition to the hinge-post is as follows: At the lower part of the post 0 is a U-shaped clip, 0, embracing the post at arounded portion of thelatter, and between the ends of the clip the member I) is pivoted horizontally. The member a is pivoted horizontallyiu a similar clip,e, at the upper part of the hinge-post. The upper clip, 6, is arranged to slide vertically on the hinge-post, and both clips turn upon the post upon which they form a hinge forthe partition. It will readily be perceived that as the clip 0 is pushed upward the members a and I) draw together toward a vertical position. The third memher, (I, is provided with a longitudinal slot, in which a pin or bolt, f, secured to and connecting it with the member I), is permitted to slide freely. The part (I is also pivoted in the clip 0, and is jointed atg. This arrangement permits the part d to double up when the clip 6 is pushed upward, and the whole partition to I assume the position shown in Fig. 1, when it may be turned upon its hinge and caused to lie flat against the car-side, as shown in Fig. 2. When the partition is extendedin use the end of the member (I fits into a socket provided in the opposite upright, O, and the end of the member a into a similar socket upon orin the floor, thus holding the partition firmly in position.

In fitting up a car the hinge-posts 0 maybe simply iron rods, and may be arranged to slide laterallyon suitable guides,so that all the partitions may, when desired, be pushed to either end of the car out of the way, and be adjusted to any desired width of stalls when in use.

It will be obvious that the partitions maybe arranged to occupy diagonal positions to the car,if such is preferred,suitable sockets being provided for the ends of the members a and b.

The floor of the car may be constructed as 

